Google Bombing

There is a new buzz growing in French speaking countries: When you type "le trou du cul du web" on Google (literally: the asshole of the Web), the French President's official page comes up.

This is what we call Google bombing: an attempt to raise the ranking of a given page in results from a Google search. I have tried the above operation in several different Google sites. It seems to work everywhere.

Try it out!

Brazil is a funny country

I was half surprised to see two Brazilian agencies among the top three top agencies at Cannes 2009. Brazil has always been an historical advertising country and just talk to any Brazilian and you will see that they are all passionate about advertising in general. This is definitely not the case in some European countries where working in Advertising is seen as evil. (i.e. France, without mentioning it ...)

So as said, this year number 1 agency was DDB Brasil and ALMAPBBDO Brasil (where the legendary Marcello Serpa works) was second.

While I was writing this post, the most Brazilian of the non-Brazilians that I know (who happens to be a French guy with Israeli origins. I know, it makes sense) just sent me these videos that are apparently quite massively viral in that Latin American country. I have to admit that Brazilians tend to be quite funny.